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Dear Mayor Fontenot:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to hiring a police chief. You indicate the Chief of Police is retiring, and the Board of Trustees recently adopted a resolution asking the Legislature to make changes necessary for the position of Chief of Police to be non-classified so that it can be filled by appointment or contract without having to comply with civil service procedures. However, at the same time steps are being taken to fill the position according to the civil service statutes that are now applicable under R.S.…